Matrix revolutions! Meet the film director Wachowski sisters

The co-director of The Matrix, Lilly Wachowski, formerly known as Andy, has come out as transgender - four years after her sister Lana Wachowski also transitioned to a woman. Lilly Wachowski wrote a piece in Chicago’s Windy City Times entitled “Sex change shocker - Wachowski brothers now sisters!!!” The 48-year-old said she decided to make her gender reassignment public after a journalist attempted to coerce her into doing an interview about her transition. The Wachowskis have carved a reputation with The Matrix franchise starring Keanu Reeves, V For Vendetta and, most recently, Netflix’s sci-fi series Sense8.

I just wanted - needed some time to get my head right, to feel comfortable. But apparently I don’t get to decide this.

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“I knew at some point I would have to come out publicly,” Lilly Wachowski wrote. "You know, when you’re living as an out transgender person it’s … kind of difficult to hide.“ Her sister Lana, 50, formerly known as Larry, came out publicly as a transgender woman in 2012. In her statement, Lilly Wachowski touched on the struggles faced by the transgender community, and said that while progress has been made, "we continue to be demonised and vilified in the media where attack ads portray us as potential predators to keep us from even using the goddamn bathroom”.

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